UBC Open Collections, a digital initiative of the UBC Library, include digital photos, books, newspapers, maps, videos, theses and more. These locally-created digital collections document a diverse range of people and places, activities and events, and serve as a resource for students, historians, genealogists, and other researchers. Most of this content has been digitized from material held at the Library, including Rare Books & Special Collections (RBSC). RBSC acquires archival materials which document the economic, political, cultural, labour, and literary history of British Columbia and Canada as well as the history of UBC. Archival material which is born digital or digitized is included in Open Collections.